ci: workflow to autogen a changelog and publish to npm

works for me on: https://github.com/iloveitaly/better-node-inspect

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -62,3 +62,38 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: End-to-End Tests
         run: npm run test-e2e
+
+  publish-node:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    needs: [build, unit-tests, e2e-tests]
+
+    # by default, permissions are read-only, read + write is required for git pushes
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Conventional Changelog Action
+      id: changelog
+      uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v4
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+        version-file: "./package.json,./package-lock.json"
+        output-file: "CHANGELOG.md"
+
+    - name: Publish to NPM
+      if: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false' }}
+      run: npm publish
+      env:
+        # `gh secret set NPM_TOKEN --app actions --body $NPM_TOKEN`
+        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Github Release
+      if: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false' }}
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+        # output options: https://github.com/TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action#outputs
+        body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.clean_changelog }}
+        tag_name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
+        # required in order for release events to be fired
+        token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}